The Daily Mail have published a list of highest paid players in the English Premier League, Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney tops the list, and will pocket £73m after signing a new five-and-a-half year contract in February 2014. Considering his poor start to the season, it is amazing that Rooney is the highest paid footballer in England. Five Manchester City players make the top 10 with three Chelsea players and just Mesut Ozil as the only Arsenal player on the list.

 See The List below:-
1. Wayne Rooney (Man Utd) £260,000-a-week Five-year deal signed in 2014
2. Sergio Aguero (Man City) £240k Five-year deal signed in 2014
3. Yaya Toure (Man City) £240k Four-year deal signed in 2013
4. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) £220k Five-year deal signed in 2015
 5. David Silva (Man City) £200k Five-year deal signed in 2014
6. Mesut Ozil (Arsenal) £190k Five-year deal signed in 2013
7. Raheem Sterling (Man City) £180k Five-year deal signed in 2015
8. Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea) £170k Five-year deal signed in 2014
9. Kevin De Bruyne (Man City) £170k Six-year deal signed in 2015
10. John Terry (Chelsea) £160k One-year deal signed in 2015

Wayne Rooney has finally written his name in the history books, as he became England’s highest scoring senior player of all time in the 2-0 win over Switzerland. Wayne Rooney who equaled Sir Bobby Charlton’s record with a penalty against San Marino a few days ago, struck another penalty to break the record today and stand alone atop the scoring mounting for the three lions. The penalty by Rooney was the second goal of the game after Harry Kane had opened the scoring in the 67th minute after Switzerland had done a good job holding the English back for the entire first half.

Kane had only been on the pitch for seven minutes when the ball came to his feet and he sliced a shot past the Swiss goalkeeper into the back of the net to finally break the deadlock. In the 87th minute, Rooney got his moment after Xhaka brought down Raheem Sterling in the box. The wembley stadium exploded with excitement as Rooney stepped up to take the penalty. Though the Swiss goalkeeper got a touch to the ball, the power of the shot from Rooney was too much and the Manchester United man went wild with emotion as he had finally broken the record.